Jim Shead Waterways Photographer & Writer
Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

Changes by Waterways E - K

Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1822	Forth & Clyde Canal at Falkirk	Edinburgh	13.50	11	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways
Closed in 1965	Forth & Clyde Canal at Falkirk	Edinburgh	13.50	11	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways
Reopened in 2002	Forth & Clyde Canal at Falkirk	Edinburgh	13.50	11	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways

Emmet's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1782	Birkenshaw, 4 miles south-east of Bradford.		1.00	0	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1815	Birkenshaw, 4 miles south-east of Bradford.		1.00	0	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

Earl of Ashburnham's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1796?	Ffrwd-Gwendraeth	Ffrwd-Coed	1.50		Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1816?	Ffrwd-Gwendraeth	Ffrwd-Coed	1.50		Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Eardington Forges Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1785?			.50	0	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1889?			.50	0	Canal - Unspecified	Connected Waterway System

Exeter Ship Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1566	Exeter Canal Basin	River Exe estuary	5.25	2	Canal - Ship	Non-connected Waterways

Forth & Clyde Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1790	Bowling	Southern side of the Forth near Grangemouth	35.00	39	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways
Closed in 1963	Bowling	Southern side of the Forth near Grangemouth	35.00	39	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways
Reopened in 2002	Bowling	Southern side of the Forth near Grangemouth	35.00	39	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways

Forth & Cart Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1840	Forth & Clyde Canal	Whitecrook	.50	3	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways
Closed in 1893	Forth & Clyde Canal	Whitecrook	.50	3	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways

Forth & Clyde Canal - Glasgow Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1777	Stockingfield Junction	Glasgow Basin	2.25	0	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways
Closed in 1962	Stockingfield Junction	Glasgow Basin	2.25	0	Canal - Broad	Scottish Waterways

Fletcher's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1791?	Wet Earth Colliery at Clifton,	Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal	1.50	1	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1952?	Wet Earth Colliery at Clifton,	Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal	1.50	1	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

River Foss

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1794	Blue Bridge	Monkbridge	1.25	1	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1804	Monkbridge	Sheriff Hutton Bridge	10.25	7	River	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1859	Monkbridge	Sheriff Hutton Bridge	10.25	7	River	Connected Waterway System

River Fowey

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in			7.00	0	River	Non-connected Waterways

River Frome

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in			7.75	0	River	Non-connected Waterways

Fossdyke Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 120	Torskey Junction	Junction with River Witham	11.13	1	River	Connected Waterway System

Gloucester & Sharpness Ship Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1827	Gloucester Lock	Saul Junction	7.75	1	Canal - Ship	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1827	Saul Junction	Sharpness	7.75	0	Canal - Ship	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1827	Sharpness	River Severn	.75	1	Canal - Ship	Connected Waterway System

River Glen

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1571?	Junction with the River Welland	Tounge End	11.50	1	River	Non-connected Waterways

Glamorganshire Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1794	Merthyr Tydfil	Cardiff	25.50	51	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1945	Merthyr Tydfil	Cardiff	25.50	51	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways

Glan-Y-Wern Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1790?	Glan-Y-Wern	Red Jacket pill	3.50	0	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1910?	Glan-Y-Wern	Red Jacket pill	3.50	0	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

Glastonbury Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1833	Glastonbury	Sea lock at Highbridge	14.13	2	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1854	Glastonbury	Sea lock at Highbridge	14.13	2	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

Galton's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1801?	River Brue	North Drain	1.38	1	Canal - Tub-boat	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1897	River Brue	North Drain	1.38	1	Canal - Tub-boat	Non-connected Waterways

River Great Ouse

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1670	Salter's Lode Junction	Denver Sluice Junction	.38	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1670?	Denver Sluice Junction	Earith Junction	20.25	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1689	Earith Junction	Kempston Mill	41.00	15	River	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1928?	Earith Junction	Kempston Mill	41.00	15	River	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 1978	Earith Junction	Kempston Mill	41.00	15	River	Connected Waterway System

Counter Wash Drain (Great Ouse)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1670?	Junction with the Old Bedford River	Mepal Pumping Station	3.00	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Lakenheath Lode (Great Ouse)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1750?	Lakenheath	Little Ouse	3.25	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1910?	Lakenheath	Little Ouse	3.25	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Old Bedford River

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1670?	Welches Dam	Salters Lode Junction	12.25	1	River	Connected Waterway System

Old West River (Great Ouse)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1689	Brandon Creek	River Lark Junction	5.38	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1689	Denver Sluice	River Wissey Junction	1.13	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1689	Popes Corner	Hermitage Sluice Lock No 1	11.63	1	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1689	River Lark Junction	Popes Corner	7.25	0	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1689	River Wissey Junction	Brandon Creek	5.75	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Great Ouse Relief Channel

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 2001	Wiggenhall Bridge	Denver Sluice Junction	6.38	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

River Wissey

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1689	Great Ouse Junction	Stoke Ferry	9.00	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Glasgow, Paisley & Johnstone Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1811	Johnstone, Renfrewshire,	Port Eglinton	11.00	0	Canal - Narrow	Scottish Waterways
Closed in 1881	Johnstone, Renfrewshire,	Port Eglinton	11.00	0	Canal - Narrow	Scottish Waterways

Greasbrough (Park Gate) Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1780	The Don at Park Gate	Greasbrough	1.50	4	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1928	The Don at Park Gate	Greasbrough	1.50	4	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grantham Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1797	River Trent at Nottingham	Grantham	33.00	18	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1936	River Trent at Nottingham	Grantham	33.00	18	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

River Gipping

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1793	Ipswich	Stowmarket	15.88	15	River	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1934?	Ipswich	Stowmarket	15.88	15	River	Non-connected Waterways

Grand Surrey Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1810	Thames at Rotherhithe	Camberwell	3.13	2	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1971	Thames at Rotherhithe	Camberwell	3.13	2	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grosvenor Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1824	Grosvenor basin	Thames	.50	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Aylesbury Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1815	Marsworth Junction	Aylesbury Basin	6.13	18	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Erewash Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1777	Trent Lock Junction	Great Northern Basin	12.00	15	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Hertford Union Canal (Grand Union)

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1830	Junction with Regents Canal	Junction with River Lee	1.13	3	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Leicester Section

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1778	Junction with the River Trent	Loughborough	9.50	7	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1794	Loughborough	Leicester	15.75	10	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1809	Foxton Junction	Leicester	18.00	25	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1814	Junction with the Welford Branch	Foxton Junction	7.63	10	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1814	Norton Junction	Junction with the Welford Branch	15.50	7	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Market Harborough Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1809	Foxton Junction	Market Harborough	5.50	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Main Line

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1800	Batchworth Junction	Cowley Peachey Junction	9.25	8	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Bordesley Junction	Kingswood Junction	14.50	11	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Braunston Junction	Norton Junction	4.13	6	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Bulls Bridge Junction	Junction with River Thames	6.00	12	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Cowley Peachey Junction	Bulls Bridge Junction	3.63	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Kingswood Junction	Napton Junction	21.38	46	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Marsworth Junction	Marsworth Top Lock No 45	.75	7	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Marsworth Top Lock No 45	Batchworth Junction	19.63	37	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Napton Junction	Braunston Junction	5.00	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1800	Norton Junction	Gayton Junction	12.38	7	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1805	Gayton Junction	Marsworth Junction	37.75	25	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1844	Salford Bridge Junction	Bordesley Junction	2.63	6	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Northampton Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1815	Gayton Junction	Northampton Lock No 17	4.75	17	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Paddington Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1801	Bulls Bridge Junction	Little Venice	12.88	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1801	Little Venice	Paddington Basin	.63	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Rickmansworth Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1818?	Batchworth Lock No 81A	Head of navigation	.25	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Regents Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1820	Junction with Hertford Union Canal	Limehouse Lock No 13	1.50	4	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1820	Limehouse Lock No 13	River Thames	.25	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1820	Little Venice	Junction with Hertford Union Canal	6.88	8	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Slough Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1882	Cowley Peachey Junction	Slough	4.88	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Wendover Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1799	Bulbourne Junction	Tring Ford Stop Lock	1.25	0	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Union Welford Branch

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1814	Welford Junction	Welford Wharf	1.63	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Grand Western Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1814	Lowdwells	Tiverton	10.75	0	Canal - Narrow	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1838	Lowdwells	Taunton	13.75	10	Canal - Tub-boat	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1864	Lowdwells	Taunton	13.75	10	Canal - Tub-boat	Non-connected Waterways

General Warde's (Dafen) Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1769?	Tireinon and Llwynhendy	Dafen pill.	.75	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1809?	Tireinon and Llwynhendy	Dafen pill.	.75	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

General Warde's (Yspitty) Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1770	Yspitty	Bynea	.75	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1820?	Yspitty	Bynea	.75	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1845	Gloucester	Hereford	35.00	22	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1881	Gloucester	Hereford	35.00	22	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

River Hamble

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Hamble	Botley, Hampshire	7.50	0	River	Non-connected Waterways

Higher Avon Navigation

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Stratford Bridge	Warwick	15.00	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Hackney Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1843	Kingsteigton	Hackney on the River Teign estuary in Devon	.63	1	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1928	Kingsteigton	Hackney on the River Teign estuary in Devon	.63	1	Canal - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

Hall Green Branch - Trent and Mersey Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1831	Hall Green Junction	Hardings Wood Junction	1.50	1	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

Horncastle Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1802	Horncastle	River Witham	12.00	11	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1884	Horncastle	River Witham	12.00	11	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Huddersfield Broad Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1776	Cooper Bridge Lock No 1	Aspley Basin and Junction	3.50	9	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

River Hull

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Junction with River Humber	Junction with Driffield Navigation	20.00	0	River	Connected Waterway System

River Humber

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in	Kingston-upon-Hull	Trent Falls	17.00	0	River	Connected Waterway System

Huddersfield Narrow Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1811	Aston Canal Junction	Aspley Basin and Junction	19.88	74	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1948	Aston Canal Junction	Aspley Basin and Junction	19.88	74	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 2001	Aston Canal Junction	Aspley Basin and Junction	19.88	74	Canal - Narrow	Connected Waterway System

River Idle

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1720?	Stockwith	Misson	10.88	1	River	Connected Waterway System

River Isle and Westport Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1840	Westport Canal Basin	River Parrett	3.25	0	Navigation - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

River Itchen

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1710			10.38	17	Navigation - Broad	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1869			10.38	17	Navigation - Broad	Non-connected Waterways

River Ivel

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1758	Tempsford	Biggleswade	7.00	6	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1823	Biggleswade	Shefford	5.25	5	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1876	Biggleswade	Shefford	5.25	5	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1876	Tempsford	Biggleswade	7.00	6	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Kennet and Avon Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1723	Thames Junction, Reading	Newbury	19.00	21	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1727	Bath	Halham Lock No 1	11.50	6	River	Connected Waterway System
Opened in 1810	Newbury	Bath	57.00	79	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1950	Thames Junction, Reading	Newbury	19.00	21	River	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1950?	Newbury	Bath	57.00	79	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 1990	Newbury	Bath	57.00	79	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Reopened in 1990	Thames Junction, Reading	Newbury	19.00	21	River	Connected Waterway System

Kidwelly & Llanelly Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1816	Kymer Canal	Pen-y-bedd	2.00	9	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Opened in 1838?	Pe-y-bedd	Burry Port	7.00	2	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1867	Kymer Canal	Pen-y-bedd	2.00	9	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1867	Pe-y-bedd	Burry Port	7.00	2	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Kyme Eau - Sleaford Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1794	River Witham	South Kyme	4.25	1	Navigation - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Kilbagie Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1780?	Forth at Kennetpans	Kilbagie distillery	1.00	0	Canal - Unspecified	Scottish Waterways
Closed in 1860?	Forth at Kennetpans	Kilbagie distillery	1.00	0	Canal - Unspecified	Scottish Waterways

Kensington Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1828	Olympia	Thames at Chelsea	1.75	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System
Closed in 1859	Olympia	Thames at Chelsea	1.75	1	Canal - Broad	Connected Waterway System

Ketley Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1788	Oakengates	Ketley, Shropshire	1.50	2	Canal - Tub-boat	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1816?	Oakengates	Ketley, Shropshire	1.50	2	Canal - Tub-boat	Non-connected Waterways

Kymer's Canal

Event	From	To	Miles-locks		Waterway type	Category
Opened in 1769	Kidwelly Quay	Pwllyllygoed	3.00	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways
Closed in 1867	Kidwelly Quay	Pwllyllygoed	3.00	0	Canal - Unspecified	Non-connected Waterways

Jim Shead Waterways Photographer & Writer
Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.